cóng = from eg. Cóng nǐ jiā dào jīchǎng zěnme zǒu? = How do I get from your house to the airport?
5. xūyào = to need eg. Wǒ xūyào bāngzhù. (I need help.)
6. yīnggāi = should
7. jiē = to pick someone up / eg. Nǐ néng bu néng dào jīchǎng lái jiē wǒ?
8. cónglái bù + verb = never (eg. Wǒ cónglái bù fā duǎnxìn. I never send text messages.)
1. tūran = suddenly
2. yòng Zhōngwén xiě duǎnxìn = use Chinese to write a text message
3. gùwèn = consulting
4. gùshi = story
5. qíguài = strange, odd
6. tiānqi = weather
7. dǎsǎo fángzi = to clean the house
8. yíge xiǎoshí = one hour
9. yíge bàn xiǎoshí = 1 1/2 hours
1. yào duō cháng shíjiān = How long does (something) take?
2. yíge xiǎoshí - one hour
3. yì fēnzhōng = one minute
4. bié de bànfǎ = another way
5. ...jiù dào le. = and you're there (at the end of giving directions to some place)
Lesson 11: Talking about the Weather / Making Comparisons
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Additional Vocab
Lesson 10: Transportation
5. xūyào = to need eg. Wǒ xūyào bāngzhù. (I need help.)
6. yīnggāi = should
7. jiē = to pick someone up / eg. Nǐ néng bu néng dào jīchǎng lái jiē wǒ?
8. cónglái bù + verb = never (eg. Wǒ cónglái bù fā duǎnxìn. I never send text messages.)1. tūran = suddenly
2. yòng Zhōngwén xiě duǎnxìn = use Chinese to write a text message
3. gùwèn = consulting
4. gùshi = story
5. qíguài = strange, odd
6. tiānqi = weather
7. dǎsǎo fángzi = to clean the house
8. yíge xiǎoshí = one hour
9. yíge bàn xiǎoshí = 1 1/2 hours
1. yào duō cháng shíjiān = How long does (something) take?
2. yíge xiǎoshí - one hour
3. yì fēnzhōng = one minute
4. bié de bànfǎ = another way
5. ...jiù dào le. = and you're there (at the end of giving directions to some place)
Lesson 11: Talking about the Weather / Making Comparisons
1. kěnéng = maybe (Wǒ kěnéng míngnián qù Zhōngguó gōngzuò.)
2. Méi bànfǎ! = There's nothing you can do about it... / "What can you do?..."
3. Kǒngpà = "I'm afraid that...." (Kǒngpà bù xíng, míngtiān wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān.)
4. tíqián = in advance, ahead of time (Qǐng nǐ tíqián dǎ diànhuà...)
5. qíguài = strange (Zhè jǐtiān tiānqi zhēn qíguài.)
6. Zāogāo!= "Darn!" / "Shucks!" or describing someone in an unfortunate state (Tā hěn zāogāo...)
7. jiē = street (Zài shíwǔ jiē. = It's on 15th street.)
Re Weather:
1. Qìwēn = temperature
2. Qìwēn yǒu duōshao dù? = What's the air temperature? (dù = degrees)
3. Huáshìdù = Fahrenheit (Jīntian yǒu qīshíwǔ Huáshìdù=tèbié shūfu!)
4. Shèshìdù = Celsius
5. sǎn = umbrella
1. zúqiúduì = soccer team
2. chūshēng = to be born (Tā 1976 nián zài Niǔyuē chūshēng.)
3. zhǎngdà = to grow up (Tā zài nǎr zhǎngdà?)
4. Ōuzhōu = Europe
5. yíng = to win (Wǒmen yíng le!)
6. jìngsàizhě = player
7. tímù = topic
8. jìjié = season
Sentence examples for various weather terms:
1. Today is a clear day. = Jīntiān shì qíngtiān.
2. Tomorrow is likely to be clear. = Míngtiān huì shì qíngtiān.
3. It's a cloudy / overcast day. = Jīntiān shì yīntiān.
4. Yīntiān de shíhòu, nǐ xǐhuan zuò shénme?
5. It's raining / it rained today. = Jīntiān xiàyǔ le.
6. It's not raining / didn't rain. = Jīntiān méiyòu xiàyǔ.
7. It's likely to rain tomorrow. = Míngtiān huì xiàyǔ.
8. It's not raining anymore = Bú xiàyǔ le.
9. It's cold today. = Jīntiān hěn lěng. (Same pattern for other adjectives: rè, nuǎnhuo, liángkuài, cháoshī [humid] )
10. It's a little cold today. = Jīntiān yǒu yìdiǎnr lěng.
11. It's likely to be cold tomorrow. = Míngtiān huì lěng.
12. It's likely to be a little colder tomorrow. = Míngtian huì lěng yìdiǎnr. (a lot colder = lěng duō le.)
13. Today it's not cold anymore. = Jīntiān bù lěng le.
14. It's windy today = Jīntiān yǒu fēng. (yǒu yìdiǎnr fēng / yǒu dà feng)
1. Verb + guò = to have done something (ie. to have had the experience of doing something) example:
A: Nǐ qùguò Zhōngguó ma?
B: Bù, wǒ méiyǒu qùguò Zhōngguó. Nǐ ne?
A: Wǒ qùguò yícì (one time).
2. zhù zài = to reside someplace (Q: Nǐ zhù zài nǎr? A: Wǒ zhù zài Palo Alto.)
3. Wānqū = Bay Area (Wò zhù zài wānqū.)
4. lǚguǎn = hotel (Q: Nǐ zhù zài nǎge lǚguǎn? A: Wǒ zhùzài __ )
5. dìfāng = place (Nǐ zhù zài shénme dìfāng? / Wǒ zhùguò hěn duō dìfāng.)
6. fángzi = house (Wǒmen zhengzài zhāo yíge fángzi.)
7. jue2dìng = to decide (Q: Nǐ bìyè yǐhòu yào zuò shénme? A: Bù zhīdao. Wǒ hái méi juédìng.)
Lesson 13: Asking Directions
1. yīyuàn = hospital (Sītǎnfú dàxué pángbiān yǒu yíge dà yīyuàn.)
2. diànyǐngyuàn = movie theater (Qǐng wèn, diànyǐngyuàn zěnme zǒu?)
3. yóujú = post office (Sītǎnfú de yóujú zài shūdiàn de zuǒbiān.)
4. yínháng = bank (Yínhāng zài xuéshēng huódòng zhōngxīn lǐbiān.)
5. fùjìn = neighborhood, vicinity, areā (Qǐngwèn, fùjìn yǒu méiyǒu yíge hǎo fànguǎnr?)
6. ānjìng = quiet (Wǒmen jiā de fùjìn hěn ānjìng.)
7. chǎo = noisy (GSB de diànnǎo zhōngxīn bú tài ānjìng, wǒ bù néng zài nàr xuéxi.)
8. bǐjiǎo jiànkāng = relatively healthy (Chī Xiānggǎngcài bǐjiǎo jiànkāng, keshi Yīn Zhēn juéde bǔ nàme hǎochī.)
9. duì shēntǐ hǎo = good for health (Chī hěn duō shūcài hé shuǐguǒ duì shēntǐ hǎo.)